Pole Position II
| Pole Position II | |
|---|---|
North American arcade flyer | |
| Developer(s) | Namco |
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| Platform(s) | Arcade, Atari 7800, Commodore 64, Epoch Super Cassette Vision, MS-DOS |
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| Genre(s) | Racing (simulation) |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Arcade system | Namco Pole Position |
Pole Position II is the sequel to racing simulation game Pole Position, released by Namco for arcades in 1983. As with its predecessor, Namco licensed this game to Atari, Inc. for US manufacture and distribution. Atari also released a port as the pack-in game for its Atari 7800 ProSystem in 1986. Pole Position arcade machines can be converted to Pole Position II by swapping several chips.
The gameplay is the same as in the original Pole Position with three additional tracks to choose from. Like its predecessor, Pole Position II was a major commercial success in arcades, becoming the highest-grossing arcade game of 1984 in the United States, and remaining among the annual highest-grossing arcade games in Japan and the US through 1987.